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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Plot \Plot\, n. [AS. plot; cf. Goth. plats a patch. Cf. Plat a
     piece of ground.]
     1. A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
        --Shak.
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     2. A plantation laid out. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
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     3. (Surv.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc.,
        drawn to a scale.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Plot \Plot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Plotting.]
     To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on
     a plan; to delineate.
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           This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now
           standeth.                                --Carew.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Plot \Plot\, n. [Abbrev. from complot.]
     1. Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a
        complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some
        purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a
        conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.
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              I have overheard a plot of death.     --Shak.
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              O, think what anxious moments pass between
              The birth of plots and their last fatal periods!
                                                    --Addison.
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     2. A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any
        stratagem or conspiracy. [Obs.]
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              And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced
              commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had
              any plot in the divorce.              --Milton.
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     3. Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or
        intrigue. [Obs.] ``A man of much plot.'' --Denham.
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     4. A plan; a purpose. ``No other plot in their religion but
        serve God and save their souls.'' --Jer. Taylor.
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     5. In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem,
        comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually
        unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
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              If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as
              springs from the subject, then the winding up of the
              plot must be a probable consequence of all that went
              before.                               --Pope.
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     Syn: Intrigue; stratagem; conspiracy; cabal; combination;
          contrivance.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Plot \Plot\ (pl[o^]t), v. i.
     1. To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially
        against a government or those who administer it; to
        conspire. --Shak.
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              The wicked plotteth against the just. --Ps. xxxvii.
                                                    12.
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     2. To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
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              The prince did plot to be secretly gone. --Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.
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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 : [ gcide ]


  Plot \Plot\, v. t.
     To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
     ``Plotting an unprofitable crime.'' --Dryden. ``Plotting now
     the fall of others.'' --Milton
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From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Plot \Plot\, n. [AS. plot; cf. Goth. plats a patch. Cf. Plat a
     piece of ground.]
     1. A small extent of ground; a plat; as, a garden plot.
        --Shak.
  
     2. A plantation laid out. [Obs.] --Sir P. Sidney.
  
     3. (Surv.) A plan or draught of a field, farm, estate, etc.,
        drawn to a scale.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Plot \Plot\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. Plotted; p. pr. & vb. n.
     Plotting.]
     To make a plot, map, pr plan, of; to mark the position of on
     a plan; to delineate.
  
           This treatise plotteth down Cornwall as it now
           standeth.                                --Carew.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Plot \Plot\, n. [Abbrev. from complot.]
     1. Any scheme, stratagem, secret design, or plan, of a
        complicated nature, adapted to the accomplishment of some
        purpose, usually a treacherous and mischievous one; a
        conspiracy; an intrigue; as, the Rye-house Plot.
  
              I have overheard a plot of death.     --Shak.
  
              O, think what anxious moments pass between The birth
              of plots and their last fatal periods! --Addison.
  
     2. A share in such a plot or scheme; a participation in any
        stratagem or conspiracy. [Obs.]
  
              And when Christ saith, Who marries the divorced
              commits adultery, it is to be understood, if he had
              any plot in the divorce.              --Milton.
  
     3. Contrivance; deep reach of thought; ability to plot or
        intrigue. [Obs.] ``A man of much plot.'' --Denham.
  
     4. A plan; a purpose. ``No other plot in their religion but
        serve God and save their souls.'' --Jer. Taylor.
  
     5. In fiction, the story of a play, novel, romance, or poem,
        comprising a complication of incidents which are gradually
        unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
  
              If the plot or intrigue must be natural, and such as
              springs from the subject, then the winding up of the
              plot must be a probable consequence of all that went
              before.                               --Pope.
  
     Syn: Intrigue; stratagem; conspiracy; cabal; combination;
          contrivance.

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Plot \Plot\, v. t.
     To plan; to scheme; to devise; to contrive secretly.
     ``Plotting an unprofitable crime.'' --Dryden. ``Plotting now
     the fall of others.'' --Milton

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) : [ web1913 ]


  Plot \Plot\ (pl[o^]t), v. i.
     1. To form a scheme of mischief against another, especially
        against a government or those who administer it; to
        conspire. --Shak.
  
              The wicked plotteth against the just. --Ps. xxxvii.
                                                    12.
  
     2. To contrive a plan or stratagem; to scheme.
  
              The prince did plot to be secretly gone. --Sir H.
                                                    Wotton.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 : [ wn ]


  plot
       n 1: a secret scheme to do something (especially something
            underhand or illegal); "they concocted a plot to
            discredit the governor"; "I saw through his little game
            from the start" [syn: secret plan, game]
       2: a small area of ground covered by specific vegetation; "a
          bean plot"; "a cabbage patch"; "a briar patch" [syn: plot
          of ground, patch]
       3: the story that is told in a novel or play or movie etc.;
          "the characters were well drawn but the plot was banal"
       4: a chart or map showing the movements or progress of an
          object
       v 1: plan secretly, usually something illegal; "They plotted the
            overthrow fo the government"
       2: make a schematic or technical drawing of that shows how
          things work or how they are constructed [syn: diagram]
       3: make a plat of; "Plat the town" [syn: plat]
       [also: plotting, plotted]

From Greek Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-el-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  plot
     Γαλλικά n.
     1 (ετ τεχνολογία fr) μεταλλικό έλασμα που επιτρέπει μια ηλεκτρικός
  σύνδεση, η επαφή
     2 (ετ τεχνολογία fr) ψηφιακός πληροφορία στην οθόνη ενός ραντάρ που
  παριστάνει ένα κινούμενο αντικείμενο
     3 (ετ αθλητ fr) κωνικός αντικείμενο που χρησιμεύει στον καθορισμό
  ορίων για μια δραστηριότητα
     Τσεχικά n.
     ο φράχτης

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  plot
     Czech n.
     fence
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl plotten  123 s pres ind ; imp)
     Indonesian n.
     (lb id arts literature) (l en plot), (l en storyline): the course of
  a story, comprising a series of incidents which are gradually unfolded,
  sometimes by unexpected means.
     n.
     1 (lb en narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of
  incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
  (from 1640s)
     2 An area or land used for building on or planting on. (from 1550s)
     3 A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or
  electronic device.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
     2 (lb en transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
     3 (lb en transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
     Serbo-Croatian n.
     fence

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  Plot
     Plautdietsch n.
     1 platter, large plate
     2 pan

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]


  plot
     n.
     1 (lb en narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of
  incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
  (from 1640s)
     2 An area or land used for building on or planting on. (from 1550s)
     3 A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or
  electronic device.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
     2 (lb en transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
     3 (lb en transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  plot
     Czech n.
     fence
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl plotten  123 s pres ind ; imp)
     Luxembourgish vb.
     1 (inflection of lb ploen  3 s pres indc)
     2 (inflection of lb ploen  2 p pres indc)
     3 (inflection of lb ploen  2 p impr)
     Polish n.
     (inflection of pl plota  gen p)
     Spanish n.
     (lb es story-telling) (l en plot)

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]


  Plot
     German n.
     m plot

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  plot
     Dutch vb.
     (infl of nl plotten  123 s pres ind ; imp)
     French n.
     1 traffic cone
     2 cone used in slalom
     n.
     1 (lb en narratology) The course of a story, comprising a series of
  incidents which are gradually unfolded, sometimes by unexpected means.
  (from 1640s)
     2 An area or land used for building on or planting on. (from 1550s)
     3 A graph or diagram drawn by hand or produced by a mechanical or
  electronic device.
     vb.
     1 (lb en transitive intransitive) To conceive (a crime, misdeed etc).
     2 (lb en transitive) To trace out (a graph or diagram).
     3 (lb en transitive) To mark (a point on a graph, chart, etc).
     Spanish n.
     (lb es story-telling) (l en plot)

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]


  Plot
     German n.
     m plot

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  plot
     Englanti n.
     1 (tarinan) juoni
     2 (rikosta tai muuta hämäräperäistä toimintaa varten) juoni,
  salahanke
     3 maatilkku, palsta
     4 (yhteys matematiikka tilastotiede k=en) graafi, diagrammi, palsta,
  kuvio, (funktion) kuvaaja; (piirturin) tuloste
     Englanti vb.
     1 juonia, juonitella, ryhtyä tai osallistua salahanke
     2 piirtää (graafi tai diagrammi)
     3 määrittää piste (esimerkiksi graafista tai kartalta)

From Swedish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) : [ dictinfo.com:wikt-sv-ALL-2023-07-27 ]


  plot
     Engelska n.
     1 handling
     2 komplott
     Engelska vb.
     1 pricka in; plotta; rita ett diagram över
     2 kartlägga

From Eurfa Cymraeg, Welsh-English Eurfa/Freedict dictionary ver. 0.2.3 : [ freedict:cym-eng ]


  plot /plˈɔt/ 
  plot

From Danish-English FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3.1 : [ freedict:dan-eng ]


  plot /plˈʔʌt/ 
  plot

From Deutsch-Bahasa Indonesia FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-ind ]


  Plot /plɔt/ 
  alur
  Handlung einer Geschichte

From Deutsch-Русский FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-rus ]


  Plot /plɔt/ 
  сюжет
  Handlung einer Geschichte

From Deutsch-español FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:deu-spa ]


  Plot /plɔt/ 
  1. argumento
  Handlung einer Geschichte
  2. ploteado
  grafische Darstellung

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 : [ freedict:eng-ara ]


  Plot /plˈɒt/
  المؤامرة

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  plot //plɑt// //plɒt// 
  1. парце́л
  area of land used for building on or planting on
  2. сюже́т, фа́була
  course of a story
  3. гра́фика, диагра́ма
  graph or diagram
  4. план
  plan; purpose
  5. за́говор, интри́га
  secret plan to achieve an end

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 : [ freedict:eng-bul ]


  plot //plɑt// //plɒt// 
  1. заговорнича
  intransitive: to conceive
  2. нанасям
  to mark a point on a graph
  3. чертая
  to trace out a graph or diagram